tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480218591747722314.post8281475930061347003..comments2018-11-23T03:53:11.085-08:00Comments on A Billion Civilians: Today, I miss my culture. My sweet Canadian cultureBrett G 英 明http://www.blogger.com/profile/10632343649661747519noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480218591747722314.post-28077559262070283352011-06-28T20:59:28.928-07:002011-06-28T20:59:28.928-07:00Barry: Seven Samuri is really great, though I hav...Barry: Seven Samuri is really great, though I have yet to finish it. I&#39;m watching it in 3 parts and I have watched 2 so far. It is very great.<br /><br />Becky: 9:30?! That is amazing. Good for you.Brett Gitzel 英 明https://www.blogger.com/profile/10632343649661747519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480218591747722314.post-11901449925865635092011-06-28T20:47:18.954-07:002011-06-28T20:47:18.954-07:00Barry - oh. That&#39;s why I hear all that noise a...Barry - oh. That&#39;s why I hear all that noise at 6 am now. 2 hours before work??!? What are you doing - golfing every morning?<br /><br />Brett - I don&#39;t remember that moment when you were driving me to work. I also didn&#39;t remember the song, so I listened to it today. I promptly turned it off. Awfully discouraging song. I surprised I said that at that point in my life - I hadn&#39;t even been through my &quot;scaring stage.&quot; Hm. <br /><br />There are plenty of things in Canada that ruin my bike rides all the time. 1) Cars who think I&#39;m a pedestrian. I understand they&#39;re trying to be polite, but road rules exist in Canada so that people don&#39;t get confused when other people try to be polite. If I am on my feet, I am a pedestrian. If I am on my bicycle, or practically on my bicycle, I am a vehicle - just like you... albeit, a lot less protected. 2) Pedestrians who share the shared bike/walking path who wear headphones so that they can&#39;t hear the required dinging bell as I pass. Please folks, stay aware of your surroundings - listen up! Those points said, I&#39;m pretty sure your experiences on your bike in China are more annoying than mine in Canada. My helmut makes any annoying bike things all better. My helmut makes people roll down their windows and say &quot;nice helmut,&quot; and then we have a great conversation about cycling in Edmonton.<br /><br />We are totally folkers. Sleep is my favorite thing. I think my dad once said something that someone else said: &quot;Sleep is when God gives us the grace we can&#39;t find anywhere else.&quot; Sleep makes us all nicer people. Maybe.<br /><br />I realize that I get a lot of &quot;me time&quot; because I have no kids and no official partner. I realize I am allowed to spoil myself because I don&#39;t have anyone relying on me all of the time... except my dogs (and I&#39;m probably over thinking that). I am looking for ways to adjust to less &quot;me time&quot;; I need to make more sacrifices in life. I admire parents and couples so much because they [are supposed to] work through stuff together and exercise selflessness WAY more than I do. One day I&#39;ll be as sacrificial as a parent. <br /><br />Thanks for that blog. Reading it and responding to it has caused me to miss my bedtime (9:30-ideally). You have been forgiven.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17524315402513677168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480218591747722314.post-84275510990273008912011-06-28T17:21:10.538-07:002011-06-28T17:21:10.538-07:00I just restructured my weekdays by getting up at 6...I just restructured my weekdays by getting up at 6 every day instead of two minutes before work (7:58). It&#39;s going ok thanks to my roommate who is also getting up so that we can be accountable. Watched the Seven Samurai, huh? I love that one. Very beautiful, and I think the acting is actually pretty good. Toshiro Mifune is my favorite Japanese actor. Have you seen Metropolis yet?Barry Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13338498739839480710noreply@blogger.com